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Tatneft net profits surge 70% in 2022 on
increased petroleum product revenues
RUSSIA NET IFRS profits at Russian mid-sized oil Gas extraction increased by 5.6% to 935
firm Tatneft soared by nearly 70% in 2022 to mcm, while gas product output slipped 1.4% to
Tatneft’s surge in profits RUB285bn ($3.7bn), with the company gaining 1.04mn tonnes.
came on the back from increased petroleum product sales and The outlook for the company this year is more
of higher petroleum higher prices. difficult to predict and will depend greatly on the
product revenues. The net income surpassed the RUB245bn impact on the EU+G7 embargoes and price caps
forecast of BKS Mir Investments, which said that were imposed on Russian crude oil exports
that the result “seems to confirm our recent the- in December last year and Russian petroleum
sis that the Russian oil industry may be operating product exports in February this year. Russia’s
with higher prices than we expected.” government announced the country would
Operating profit at Tatneft rose 62% to be cutting oil production by 500,000 bpd this
RUB400bn. Its free cash flow increased by a third month in response to the Western measures.
to RUB197bn. Tatneft is so far the only Russian oil pro-
Tatneft expanded its oil production by 4.7% ducer to report 2022 results under international
last year to 29.1mn tonnes (568,000 barrels per accounting standards.
day), while its output of petroleum products In related news, Tatneft secured government
climbed 29% to 15.99mn tonnes. However, oil approval last week to acquire the Nokian Tyres’
sales revenues fell 4.2% to RUB533bn owing to Russian business for €285mn ($305mn). The
lower sales volumes, although this was more Finnish company announced it was initiating
than compensated for by a 40% growth in petro- a “controlled” exit from Russia in June last year,
leum product revenues, as a result of higher vol- four months after Moscow launched its invasion
umes and higher prices. of Ukraine.
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